Press Release Summary: Over 53,000 thousand jobseekers walk-in and
6000 candidates short listed in the fair
Press Release Body:
Chennai, 30th September, 2007: The two day job fair
organized by Naukri.com, India’s no. 1 job
site witnessed an overwhelming response from job seekers and
companies from across the country. The fair witnessed over 53,000
thousand candidates, and over 6000 candidates were short listed.
Besides hiring for current openings, it also helped recruiters to
build their candidate databases for future requirements.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Hitesh Oberoi, COO, Info Edge (India)
Ltd said, “Chennai, one of the hottest job markets in India, responded
very well to the job
fair. The first day alone witnessed a footfall of over 28000
people and it was interesting to see that about 30% of jobseekers
were experienced, ranging from 2-12 years. Going forward, we plan
to make Job
Fairs a regular affair and cover various
other cities in the country as well.”
The Chennai Job fair was a multi
industry job fair, with participating companies from IT-ITeS,
Publishing, Finance, Real Estate, Hospitality, Pharma, Shipping,
Research, Media, Consumer Durables, Education and many others. There
was a continuous flow of professionals at the Job Fair, from freshers
to 12 years of experience, interviewed by companies on the spot.
An assortment of jobs ranging from Software Engineers, Senior Developers,
Web Developers, Operations Support
Engineer, QA to Sales, HR, Call Centre, Logistics were on offer,
and the recruiters found appropriate talent to suit their requirements.
Commenting on the Naukri.com Job Fair, Mr.Sadguna, AGM, Talent
Management Group, HCL Technologies Ltd. said, “We are extremely
glad and surprised to see the phenomenal turnout of quality candidates,
despite the long weekend and similar events happening in Chennai
on the same day. We are thankful to Naukri.com for obilizing thousands
of prospective
job seekers for their first ever job fair in
Chennai. On the first day itself, we selected 91 candidates.”
“Our business relationship with Naukri had always helped us in
identifying and hiring genuine talent. Naukri’s constant and continuous
efforts in bringing the right talent to meet organizational needs
is a major contribution to the IT industry as a whole. The Naukri.com
job fair conducted in Chennai has helped us in identifying good
number of candidates for our critical business requirements” said
Shantharam.V, Senior Manager, Human Resources, Hexaware Technologies.
Sriram, an IT professional from Chennai said that “I am extremely
thankful to Naukri.com. The fair is a good opportunity for people
who are http://virginia-press-release.com/42/Grand%20response%20to%20The%20Naukricom%20Job%20Fair.php,
as they get to interact with many companies under one roof.”
HCL, Fedby, Hexaware were the sponsors for the fair. Other participants
were ICS Computing, Lister Technologies, Bosch, Ciber, Allsec Technologies,
Zenta, US Technology, Logic CMG, Cybernet Slash Support, LG Soft,
Atheros, Cambridge, BA Continuum, Info Edge, EMAS, Dexterity, N-Tier,
Cadilla, Dhanus BPO, Sutherland, Fidelity, SPS, Pyramid, Market
Tools, DSRC, DLF Hotels, Country Club, Ford, AP
Moller – Maersk, Exclusive Search.
The Chennai
Job Fair is part of the first phase of Naukri.com job fairs
in the country. Prior to this, Naukri had organized Job Fairs in
Ahmedabad (on 18th & 19th Aug’07) and Pune (on 1st & 2nd Sep’07)
and witnessed an overwhelming response from job seekers as well
as companies. Over 17,000 candidates walked in during the two days
in Ahmedabad while Pune received over 50000 people at the fair.
The
participating companies made over 750 spot offers and almost 7000
interviews were scheduled over the next 2-3 weeks. Naukri will hold
a job fair in Chandigarh on 6-7
October.
About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India’s No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info
Edge
revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception
in 1997, Naukri.com has seen exponential growth year after year.
Formerly an ICICI Ventures investee company, it has attracted investments
from leading venture capitalists, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
and Sherpalo Ventures, apart from an IPO in November 2006.
Naukri.com is a recruitment
platform and provides services to the corporate world, placement
agencies and job seekers in India and overseas. It offers a bouquet
of products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management
tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions
on the site. With 80000 job listings live at any point, Naukri.com
serviced over 27000 corporate clients in the past year.